Humberto, who maintains the "bribe was $300," honorably would not accept the offer which was made at a hotel the day before the game. "I didn't want to talk about it," said Robinson. But he let the cat out of the bag when he told his teammate Ruben Gomez, who advised him to report the situation to manager Eddie Sawyer. The lanky Panamanian remained mute but Gomez went to Sawyer in the 5th inning of the said game. Robinson was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 7th and the Phils went on to win, 3-2.

The bribe was reported to the police and Friedman was arrested. He was convicted after a one-day trial on June 28, 1960 and sentenced to two to five years in prison. The 42-year-old defendant had said he was not trying to fix the game with the Redlegs, but merely offering to lend Robinson money. Michael von Moschzisker, Friedman's attorney, claimed that since Robinson had won only one game, there would be no sense in trying to fix it. He then observed that the sentence would better fit "a man who tried to fix the Army-Navy football game or the World Series." Juge Ethan Allen Doty retorted: "All of our youth look to this National Pastime. All look to the integrity and all out effort to win in all ballplayers."